BEIJI--The Chinese government protested Sunday the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, ...

When Hook was a child, he started his days by jumping off the boat that his family lived on and into the ocean. By age 3, he ...

YAMAGATA--A hot spring resort in this prefecture renowned for its heavy snowfall is offering discounts in accommodation and ...

SENDAI--As a come-on, Miyagi Prefecture hopes to be able to promise Indonesian and other Muslim workers they will be buried ...

When rice prices soared this summer due to a shortage, farm ministry officials insisted there was no supply-demand problem ...

This seaside city has grown in popularity as an on-location site for TV shows and commercials, thanks largely to an unmanned ...

Takayuki Akimoto can’t get into the Christmas spirit as he heads a group out to destroy what it views as Japan’s financially ...

KYOTO—A cafe owner who promotes universally accessible tourism is now providing a rental service for Whill, a personal ...

After dropping out of an elite junior high school in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Keita Noda transferred to a public school ...

In a first, the suicide of a man who held two jobs was recognized as a work-related death based on the combined psychological ...

The Cabinet Office’s panel of experts has compiled a draft final report on the future of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ).

The Bank of Japan said its large-scale monetary easing that continued for about 11 years failed to produce the initially ...